Alps

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Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Some mountains in the Alps see thousands of climbers on their summits each day, he added.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"You imagine mountains, the Alps or something like that, and contrasts so strongly with the architecture of Paris, that it's just very surprising."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

He talks about a trip he took one summer to the French Alps doing research with artisan cheese makers.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Summers he worked for scientists conducting geologic research in Antarctica or escorted climbers into New Zealand’s Southern Alps.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer